How hard can it be!?: December 2011

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Swim training.

1,200metres Swim training this evening at the Crewe Tigers Triathlon swim cklub session

Sunday, 4 December 2011

Sunday Run

Went out for a gentle run with Karen early afternoon running a 6.2 mile loop out towards Middlewich, through Moston, Ettiley Heath and Wheelock in an hour a four mins.

Friday, 2 December 2011

Got a project implementation going live this weekend so working late over in Hyde in Greater Manchester. Before the action started decided to go and clear my head a little from the day on a run around my old hometown. 4.2 miles through Duckinfield skirting Stalybridge and Ashton-Under-Lyne and back to the office for shower and work! A steady pace of 40mins for the run but just working out now that's 1,001 miles covered this year in swim, run and cycle training and events! No wonder I'm tired!!!

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Short bike ride

Cycled 6 miles this evening through Wheelock to Winterley pool and back. 6.2miles in 26mins and 36secs averaging 14.2mph

Why am I doing this?!

I got drawn in to running in 2007 to raise funds for charity and discovered it's a great way to keep in shape! I expanded the fundraising to open water swimming last year and loved that too so this year I'm pushing the envelope and going the whole hog with a couple of triathlons!

I've kept a training blog for the past two years and found it a huge motivator to get out and do something to report on so here I am again!

I'll be keeping a record here of all my training ups and downs as well as a few deviations on my hobbies.

I'm planning a few events this year for my own benefit and two major events to raise funds again for two charities that mean a lot to me:

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution ~ http://www.rnli.org/

In September 2007 I had an accident whilst sailing my Laser Pico dinghy out at sea off Abersoch, North Wales. The Abersoch crew came to my aid and I'll be eternally grateful ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk6edftmHtg

I spend a lot of time out at sea with family and friends and it made me realise just how dependent we are on this life saving volunteer emergency service funded entirely by charity.

I ran the Great North Run Half Marathon to raise funds for the Abersoch RNLI station in 2008 & 2009 and continued last year with a one mile open water at The Great Salford Swim.

This year I'm rolling it all up and expanding the RNLI fund raising challenge by taking on the Tatton Triathlon Olympic Distance event on Sunday 11th September. It's a 1,500 mtr swim in open water followed by a 38km bike ride and then a 10km run!